Lantern-lighting- device



Mar.6,1923. 1,447,857 L. C. JOHNSON LANTERN LIGHTING DEVICE Filed Nov.25, 1922 Patented Mar. 6, 1923.

LASSIE C. JOHNSON, F ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.

LANTERN-LIGHTING DEVICE.

Application filed November 25, 1922. Serial No. 603,260.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LASSIE C. JOHNSON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Roanoke, in the county ofRoanoke and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Lantern-Lighting Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to lamps, lanterns and the like which usea fluid fuel and particularly to means for lighting the wick of such alamp without removing the globe or chimney. The present invention is acontinuation in part of my application, Serial No. A8,? 52 filed March1, 1921.

In lanterns of the usual type used by railroad men in flagging trains,there is a cup shaped container supported by a suitable frame and aburner carrying oil receptacle removably fitting in the container. Mypresent device for lighting a lantern consists of a tube which extendsinto said container and normally rests upon said receptacle, the innerend being projected to a point in proximity to the wick of said burnerand is provided with means for closing the end of the tube and forstriking a match pro-- jected thereinto.

It is an object of my invention to so mount the said tube on thecontainer that it will not interfere with the removal of the oilreceptacle from the container for any pur' pose as for filling or forcleaning the same.

Another object of the invention is to so attach the tube to thecontainer or other parts of the lantern, that the tube may be pivotallyadjusted to bring the inner end into proper position relative to theWick to obtain the best results in lighting the 'said wick.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows in elevation a fragmentary view of a lantern of the abovementioned type having my lighting tube attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view showing the container and the globe invertical section and the relation of the tube to the container and tothe removable oil receptacle.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary sectional view on an enlarged scale comparedwith Figures 1 and 2, showing the relation of the as in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a detailed View showing the parts I nature of the hingedattachment of the tube to the container.

Referring to the drawings in detail:

10 designates the supporting and protecting frame of the lantern. l1designates a cup or container secured to said supports by the straps 12which are secured to the container and embrace the supports. 13designates an oilreceptacle removably carried by said container and heldin rigid relation thereto by means of spring clips 14. Secured on theupperend of the receptacle 13 is the usual burner 15, carrying the wick16 and mounted on the container is the globe 17 which rests on theflange 18, which projects inwardly from the walls of the container. Thecontainer is notched at 19 toreceivethe stem 20 of the wick operatingmechanism, thereby definitely positioning the burner relative to thecontainer, and the container is preferably apertured as [at 21 near itsupper edge and in a position at approximately right: angles; to theplane of said wick. Extending inwardly from said aperture and having itsinner end normally adjacent the burner of the lantern is a tube 22closed at its inner end by means of a match striking device 23 which isprovided with a long resilient arm 24 soldered or otherwise suitablyattached to the side of said tube. The inner end of the tube ispreferably inclined and thefmatch striking device is correspondinglyinclined to rest snugly thereagainst, so as to prevent as far aspossible air passing through the tube.

In order that the tube may not interfere with the removal of the lamp,for refilling the same or for cleaning or trimming the wick, and forpurposes of adjustment of the inner end of the tube relative to thewick, the tube 22 is mounted so that it may be flexed upwardly to aposition as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, in which position it isout of the path which the oil receptacle 13 must travel in being removedfrom the container. The means by which the tube 22 is adapted to beflexed upwardly may be of any suitable character and as shown, comprisesan arm 25 extending from the tube, the end of which is curved into aneye 26 through which is passed the pivot rod 27 soldered or otherwisesecured to the container, the arm 25 being of sufficient length topermit the tube 22 to be turned upwardly to a vertical position withinthe container.

The flange 18 is notched at 18 adjacent the tube 22 so as to receive thetube'22 and permit the same to assume the vertical position abovereferred to.

It will be noted fromthe above description it is desired to remove thereceptacle 13 from y the container, that the t-ube'maybe turned to avertical position within the notch 18 and out of the path in which theoil receptacle must move in being lifted out of the receptacle. It willalso be seen that I have provided a device by which a lantern or lamp towhich the device is attached, may be lighted in all conditions ofweather regardless of rain or wind, with an assurance that the mechanismwill unfailingly function, and which may be used where danger ofconflagration is great as in barns, about cotton gins or where flax orother readily inflammable material is stored. .I have also provided adevice which may be readily atture and extending into said containerabove said receptacle.

2. A lamp or lantern having a cup shaped member and a burner carryingfluid fuel receptacle therein, said cup shaped container being aperturedadjacent its upper end and a tube flexibly connected to said containerfor adjustment in a vertical plane and having its inner end normallyresting adjacent the. burner of said lamp.

In combination with a lamp or lan- .tern having a cup shaped containerprovided with a globe supporting flange adjacent its upper end, a burnercarrying receptacle removably .positioned.within said container, saidcontainer having an aperture adjacent its upper end and said flangehaving a notch formed therein adjacent said aperture, a tube hinged tothe outside of said con- .tainer. and projecting into said container,

said tube normally resting upon the upper edge of said receptacle andheld between the same and the globe of said lamp or lantern andadjustable in a vertical plane to a position in which the tube rests insaid notch and out of the line of travel of the receptacle when beingremoved from said container.

4. In combination with a lamp or lantern having a cup shaped containerprovided with a globe supporting flange adjacent its upper end, a burnercarrying receptacle removably positioned within said container, saidcontainer having an aperture adjacent its upper end and said flangehaving a notch formed therein adjacent said aperture, a tube within saidcontainer, a pivot rod secured to the outside/of said container adjacentsaid aperture, said tube having an arm on its lower end projectingthrough said aperture, an eye on the-end of said arm receiving said rod,said tube normally resting upon the upper edge of said receptacle andhaving its inner end inclined, and an inclined spring sup-ported closureresting against the inclined end of said tube for closing the same,

.said closure member having a roughened surface on its undersideforstriking a match inserted into said tube.

5. In a device of the character described, a. container having verticalside walls, a burner carrying fuel receptacle removably supported insaid container, a lightin tube extending into said container and adaptednormally to rest above said receptacle, said tube being connected tosaid container so as to be movable out of the line of travel of saidfuel receptacle when being removed from said container, and an aperturein said container in alinement with the bore of said tube when said tubeis in normal position.

LASSIE c. JOHNSON.

